Transform your career services and writing or grow your business through 2-hour professional development institutes on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Regular registration closes TODAY.

You can choose up to 4 of the 8 in-depth sessions to custom-build a professional development experience that meets your needs, whether you are attending the full conference or just joining us for the day.

On Wednesday and Thursday during the conference, colleagues will have an opportunity to share, learn, and increase their retention during colleague discussion tables. Meet thought leaders in a small-group setting, network, and learn! Topics include:

Wednesday

Social Recruiting Deep Dive – Shally Steckerl

Diversify Your Practice With Multiple Profit Centers – Jan Melnik

Outplacement Services Trends – Laura Labovich

Personal Brand Strategies for Leaders: The Secret to Their Success – Susan Chritton

Be on the Lookout: Watch for emails from CTL with invitations for various writing, coaching, media, and publishing opportunities. Emails go out to all CTL Associates several times each month, so be sure to check them out!

RESOURCES, DATA & IMPORTANT LINKS

CTL Special Report:Strategies for the 60+ Job Seeker (Career Thought Leaders) If you are coaching or writing career collateral for job seekers who are seeking work in their 60s, this report is full of the latest trends and practical tips ... from career colleagues who are leading the way in helping this audience achieve their career goals.

Interviewing:7 Interview Answers That Make Recruiters Roll Their Eyes (Glassdoor) Recruiters conduct hundreds or thousands of interviews per year. This means that those unique answers your client has developed ... they've most likely heard them before. This article shares the worst offending cliché answers and what your client should say instead.

Career Advancement:Building a Not-So-Linear Career (Forbes) If you have clients who feel like what they are good at is different than what they want to do or that because they have student loans they can't afford to do what they really want to do, have them read (or listen) to this inspiring story of Laura Goldberg, CMO at LegalZoom.

Social Branding:The Best Times to Publish on LinkedIn (Business2Community) If you or your clients are using LinkedIn to build your personal brand or drive inbound traffic for a business, this is a short, interesting read. It includes outcomes of a test one company did to find the best times for publishing content and a few great questions for reviewing your content strategy. Bonus: bookmark this infographic with the new image sizes for LinkedIn and more! Double bonus: join us to learn how to coach your clients in building a social brand!!

International Trends:Malaysian Employers Federation: Local Employers Hesitant to Hire Fresh Grads (Human Resources Online) Companies in Malaysia are reluctant to hire new graduates due to unrealistic expectations and unwillingness to learn. A good international perspective (not too different than what we hear in the U.S.) and great fodder for coaching ... how will your young clients disprove these fears?

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COLLEAGUES

COLLEAGUES PUBLISHED IN CTL SPECIAL REPORT

A big thank you to Jan Melnik and Ruth Winden for serving as editors for the inaugural Special Report from the CTL community, Strategies for the 60+ Job Seeker! Congratulations and thank you to all the contributors for sharing their practical tips for career colleagues and job seekers: Laurie Berenson, Nancy Collamer, Wende Gaikema, Debra Ann Matthews, Judith Monaco, Debra O'Reilly, Ruth Pankratz, and Marsha Toy Engstrom.

Registration is open for the 2017 Career Thought Leader Conference in Baltimore, MD, April 18-20. Tuesday, April 18, will be a day full of in-depth professional development institutes to build your skills in coaching, resume and profile writing, and business development. Wednesday and Thursday, April 19 and 20, will feature recruiting specialists, hiring managers, and HR technology gurus sharing insights to inform our practices and help us better guide clients toward job search success.

Mark the dates on your calendar and watch for more information. CTL Associates, log in to get your discounts.

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